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The Challenges faced by Criminal Justice System and the Role Players in Combating Cybercrime in Nigeria
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)
Cybercrime is a new wave of criminality confronting the law enforcement clusters
of the world. The modus operandi of cyber criminals is different from those of
conventional thieves and fraudsters. It is a new area of ...
Conducting Scheduled Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo States in the Face of COVID-19 National Health Emergency in Nigeria: Possibilities and Options
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)
This policy paper examines the possibilities and options of conducting
the scheduled governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States in the face
of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using both primary and secondary sources
of data, ...
Nigeria’s External Image and Global Responses to the Postponing of the 2019 General Elections: A Preliminary Investigation
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)
This paper interrogates the postponement of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria
and the attendant international responses it elicited. It noted that Nigeria’s
national elections had been similarly postponed in 2011 and ...
An Analysis of Nigeria's Position in the 2020 Corruption Perception Index
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021-02)
This data brief analyses Nigeria’s position in the 2020 Corruption Perception Index. The brief reveals that despite all the measures taken to fight corruption by the present and past administrations, not so much has been ...
Modern and Refreshed Approaches for Operationalizing Community Policing Model in Nigeria
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)
Community policing is a model of policing or strategy adopted by Nigeria to curb crime from the grassroots, starting from the local level. The strategy is based on the idea that local police have local responsibility to ...
Repositioning the Nigerian State Through the Synthesis of Arts, Religion and Politics
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)
Fifty years after independence, Nigeria still confronts several basic problems of insecurity, underdevelopment, electoral malpractices, corruption and poverty, poor standard of education, infrastructure deficit, religious ...
Executive-Legislature Relations in Foreign Relations: The Case of Nigeria’s 2005 Debt Forgiveness by the Paris Club
(NILDS, 2017)
Nigeria’s external indebtedness dated back to pre-independence period but the debts were not much of a burden on the economy. However, with the oil glut of 1978, things began to change in the direction of accumulated ...
The Nigeria’s National Assembly and Inter-Parliamentary Diplomacy: An Assessment of the Fourth and Fifth National Assembly
(African Politics & Policy, 2016)
This paper examines the role of the fourth and fifth Nigerian National Assembly in interparliamentary diplomacy. Using historical method, the paper established that the re-entry of the National Assembly into the global ...
Constitutionality, Privacy Rights and National Security: Developing a legitimate legal framework for Nigeria
(NILDS, 2017)
The right to privacy under section 37 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) is one of the key human rights provisions of the CFRN and is recognised in most jurisdictions. However, the spate and ...
The Role of the Nigerian National Assembly in the Economic Diplomacy of External Debt Relief; 1999-2006
(NILDS, 2017)
This paper examines the role of the Nigerian National Assembly in the economic diplomacy of external debt relief between 1999 and 2006. Using secondary data, the findings show that the National Assembly played a critical ...